So on Monday November the third, deep-sea fishing, when we got back to the marina, the Captain and crew docked the boat and Beba asked who among us wanted to have a meal of our own fish. Having never eaten yellowfin or whatever the blue stripy fish was that Jerry …
Wow. Wow. Wow. Today we’re going deep-sea fishing! It is another first in a week of firsts! I’ve done coastal fishing, and lake fishing, but never ocean or deep-sea. It’s different from coastal fishing. The waves are bigger, for one thing. And between the breeze and the tide, these swells …
When was the last time you did something that absolutely terrifies you? Fear is a strange thing. It’s kept our species alive for millennia, by preventing individuals from repeating dangerous acts; at the same time fear imprisons us, keeps us taking the ‘safe’ path so that we don’t do anything …
I’d never been on a cruise before – the half day chugging into the Gulf of Mexico when on a band trip in high school doesn’t count. I had no real idea what to expect, and so I thought I’d put together a bit of a guide for you, my …
“So who won yesterday?” “California Chrome took the Preakness – the same horse who won the Derby.” And Ted gave me a half-smile and an eyebrow-raised look that said so, are we going? “Well?” he said. At first, I had no idea what he was talking about. Then the light dawned; …
“I didn’t want you to hear this from anyone else, but your horse won’t be running.” It’s Friday, June the eighth, 2012, and my husband Jerry and I are two hours from the Pennsylvania border on our way to Allentown. Tomorrow, we will board a charter bus to historic …
